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CAE Partners with Education Research and Development Institute

October 14, 2020 by eSchool News Staff

Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leading provider of performance-based, authentic assessments measuring essential college and career readiness skills, ... Read more

10 reasons edtech works sometimes, but not all the time

March 6, 2020March 4, 2020 by Laura Ascione

School culture, competing priorities, and teacher agency among the contextual variables selected for further research by the EdTech Genome Project, like these students sitting working on laptops and tablets.

There are a number of factors—10, to be specific—that have a sizeable impact on the success (or failure) of edtech implementations. The EdTech Genome Project, a collaborative effort…

Video: How edtech connects

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 by By the Christensen Institute

At SXSW EDU 2018, The Christensen Institute’s Director of Education Research, Julia Freeland Fisher, reveals innovative schools that are creating ... Read more

Study finds successes, challenges in shift to intensive principal preparation

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Laura Ascione

A report released from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the University ... Read more

Education can make you taller in old age

April 3, 2013 by staff and wire services reports

The Telegraph reports that researchers found that those who had completed secondary education shrank nearly 2cm less in their dotage than the illiterate, who had not even completed…

Study questions learning-style research

January 11, 2010January 8, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

As educators struggle to define effective 21st-century instruction, one practice that many have viewed as fundamental to teaching and learning has come under new fire: catering to different…

Teachers’ digital media use on the rise

January 10, 2010January 5, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Teachers are making significant progress in adopting digital media and using the internet for instruction, according to findings from a new survey released Jan. 5 by PBS.

ED: Blended learning helps boost achievement

November 12, 2010July 14, 2009 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

A new analysis of existing online-learning research by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) reveals that students who took all or part of their class on line performed…

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